Fellowship Blog


Packing school supplies for children 2025.
Helping Olim Children Get Ready for the School Year
The Fellowship helps olim children in Israel get ready for school with new supplies and class preparation events.
Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020.
First-of-its-Kind Heart Surgery Performed in Israel
An emergency first-of-its-kind heart procedure was performed at the Rabin Medical Center.
Israelis watch the release of Israeli/US hostage Edan Alexander, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, May 12, 2025.
Rising Anti-Semitism: A Real Crisis Affecting Real People
Yael’s story is not isolated. It reflects a broader, alarming trend: anti-Semitism is surging across the globe.
Visit to Illia and Raisa Farberov - With Dignity and Fellowship – Passover 2025 - Haifa, Israel - March 25, 2025 elderly man in red, black, white plaid shirt, black cap sitting at table -box of matzah - elderly woman, animal print dress, tan and brown vest over her shoulders - food items on table.
Project Spotlight: The Fellowship Brings Food and Company to Elderly
Elderly loneliness in Israel is an epidemic. Meet the cure with the service that The Fellowship and Colel Chabad are providing.
View of the Tel Aviv University campus. May 15, 2025.
First Spinal Cord Transplant to Take Place in Israel
The world's first spinal cord transplant, set to take place in Israel, may allow paralyzed patients to walk again.
Bishop Lanier Gives Aid to Christians and Druze in Syria
Walking Among the Ruins: A Journey of Redemption and Resolve
A few days ago, I returned from Israel. It was the most demanding, productive trip since I began serving as chairman of the board of directors of the IFCJ.
The Paniagua Family from Peru at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv.family, group photo, holding Israeli flag, adult man and woman and five children, smiling, happy
Project Spotlight: The Paniagua Family's Aliyah
The Fellowship supports the Paniagua family as they make ayliah from Peru to Israel.
Playground bomb shelter in Sderot.
Project Spotlight: Playground Mobile Bomb Shelters
The Fellowship helps set up new, specially designed bomb shelters for children and playgrounds in Israel.
Children participate in olim summer activities hosted by The Fellowship.
Project Spotlight: Summer Activities for Olim Children
For new olim families adjusting to life in Israel, The Fellowship set up children’s summer camps and activities.
Interior of an ambulance featuring a uniformed individual seated on a red bench with medical bags nearby, including a green emergency bag labeled “Magen David Adom in Israel” with a Star of David symbol. Various medical equipment and Hebrew signage are visible throughout the space.
Project Spotlight: Mobile Intensive Care Units
The Fellowship supports Magen David Adom, the national rescue organization of the state of Israel.
Yael Eckstein with yellow fortified ambulance which IFCJ provided to Magen David Adom. It was hit by bullets during Operation Swords of Iron.
Enhancing Civilian Security Amid Escalating Regional Tensions
The Fellowship is focused on protecting Israeli communities as tensions continue to escalate.
elderly woman in brown coat sitting at a table, white plate with blue rim, glass of tea, apples and honey - looking up, smiling
Project Spotlight: Helping Those in Poverty in the FSU
The Fellowship provides home visits and food deliveries to thousands of Jewish elderly and Holocaust survivors living in poverty across the former Soviet Union.